Yes. A Township condo or townhouse pays $1,276.22 a year. The same unit in Burnaby pays $810.54. And a Township condo pays 85% of what a detached house pays. Here are the bylaws. The Claim Langley Strong’s Willoughby flyer says: “Same home. $465 more a year.” It says a typical Township condo or townhouse pays […]
Read more →The mayor mailed a different letter to each neighbourhood. In each one, Langley Strong is blamed for something his own council did. The Claim Dated September 30, Eric Woodward’s Progress for Langley junk mail landed in mailboxes across the Township, each one tailored to the neighbourhood on the envelope. The shared text tells every reader […]
Read more →Progress for Langley is campaigning on two ideas it did not come up with. The Township’s own records show who did. The Claim Two Progress for Langley posts tell voters a story about who did the work. On September 14, Councillor Tim Baillie wrote that “we made significant improvements to the main RCMP detachment with […]
Read more →The firefighters’ union has endorsed the mayor’s slate. That is its call to make, but let’s be crystal clear; Langley Strong has supported, and will continue to support, public safety. Here is what our four councillors moved, seconded and voted for since 2018, from the Township’s own minutes, and what the whole team has committed […]
Read more →The claim: On the Polytech Report podcast, the host read guest Eric Woodward a listener’s question: that he promised in 2018 to place $55 million of Fort Langley real estate into a charitable trust to eliminate conflict-of-interest concerns, that investigative reporting has since shown the assets stayed in a private for-profit entity, that millions in […]
Read more →The claim: On the Polytech Report podcast this month, Eric Woodward gave his version of the 2025 fight with the Langley Animal Protection Society. He said the public reacted the way it did “given the information that they were given by LAPS, which wasn’t factual.” He said the shelter’s leaders “decided to gaslight the community […]
Read more →The claim: This month Eric Woodward sat down for a 51-minute interview on the Hidden Valley podcast. Nobody pushed back on a single number, so he supplied a lot of them. He said his debt payments are in the “low 40s.” He said the Township has had “some of the lowest property tax increases in […]
Read more →The claim: In a Facebook reel posted September 15 by Eric Woodward and Progress for Langley, the mayor stands on 36 Avenue at 205 Street in Brookswood and says: “We have Council incumbents in this election that have lived in Brookswood for years, saying that they love Brookswood. But if you love Brookswood, how do […]
Read more →The claim: In a September 3 carousel, Progress for Langley says the Township “has 3 choices” on growth and that the slate “chooses Option 1”: build the roads, parks and rec centres a growing town needs and “use the funding generated alongside growth to help pay for it.” The tools it lists: “DCCs. ACCs. CACs. […]
Read more →The claim: The mayor and his slate are circulating a graphic titled “Average Home Municipal Taxes and Utilities,” credited to the BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs. It ranks 17 Metro Vancouver municipalities and puts Langley Township at $4,795, second-lowest, under a regional “average” of $5,962. The message: the mayor keeps your taxes low. The verdict: […]
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